2005 Ford Expedition
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
These records cover every 2005 Ford Expedition. To see whether one car still needs a recall repair, decode its VIN or check it with NHTSA.
5 recalls name the 2005 Ford Expedition. Newest first.
Sabersport IS recalling 16,270 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." these lamps do not contain…
Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash.
Sabersport will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on may 11, 2009. owners may contact sabersport at 1-909-598-7589.
Certain tradesonic combination lamps sold as replacement lamps for use on the above listed passenger vehicles. combination lamps not equipped with amber side reflectors fail to conform with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
Lack of amber side reflectors in the lamps will decrease lighting visibility to other drivers and may possibly result in a vehicle crash.
Tradesonic will notify owners and replace the lamps free of charge. the recall IS expected to begin during july 2006. owners may contact tradesonic at 626-934-8884.
Certain aftermarket fuel filters sold under the purolator brand name, p/n f65277, shipped from january 16 through june 2, 2006, for use on the above listed passenger vehicles. due to incorrect design, the quick connectors may not fully seat with the tube interface, even though the person making the connection may believe that the quick connector IS fully…
Failure of this connection could lead to fuel spillage and, in the presence of an ignition source, a fire could occur.
Ufi will notify owners and replace the filters free of charge. the recall began on august 4, 2006. owners may contact ufi filters USA at 800-230-5876.
Certain pro-a motors corner lamps, turn signals, and headlights sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles listed above. some combination lamps that are not equipped with amber side reflectors fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
Without the amber reflectors, the vehicle will be poorly illuminated, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash without warning.
Pro-a motors will notify owners and offer to repurchase the lamps. the recall began on april 3, 2006. owners may contact pro-a motors at 323-838-2988.
Certain anzo combination headlamp assemblies sold as replacement lamps for use on certain passenger vehicles. some combination lamps are not equipped with amber side reflectors which fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
Without the amber reflectors, the vehicle will be poorly illuminated, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
Anzo will notify owners and replace the headlamps free of charge. the recall began may 9, 2006. owners may contact anzo USA at 909-468-3688.
Engine Missing
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made an abnormal sound. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the contact was notified of an engine misfire. The spark plugs were replaced. Additionally, the contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the brake pedal became stiff, and the vehicle failed to immediately stop. Additionally, the vehicle made an abnormal sound and stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact that the spark plugs, and the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 89,000.
Cooper tires 265/70/17 discoverer m+s. belt separation and tire deformity on 3 of 4 tires in the last 1000 miles. 2 failed within the last 200 miles. in motion, highway. . severe vibration occurred. (Think paint mixer) low use 80% tread remains. max use of 3K miles per year but not all years. purchased in 2013. Dot RM1Y C6J 2412 cooper customer service claims I didn't use them enough. *tr
My truck lost all forward gears except for reverse out of the blue the other morning when attempting to leave home. Valve body, servos, solenoids, have been replaced and still has not corrected the issue. The vehical has less then 155000 miles
Engine makes rattling noise and missing badly
My car at times will give a hard start. Turning, but not fully turning over or gives off a sound that I can only describe as an elephant trumpeting. When it does start at times it will shut completely off just as fast. It hesitates to pick up adequate speed and will stumble or jerk, and when put in reverse it will completely stall out. I've had a new battery installed, and the spark plugs and boots have been changed, but to no avail.
The car turns off. I need to put the car in park wait a few minutes then turn the car back on and it works. The bad thing IS it can happen at any time.
I was driving and all of a sudden steering wheel locked and my car literally shut off while I was driving.. I coasted to the side and I turned off car.. Tried to turn it back on and it kept cranking and I kept doing it like 5 times until it started back up. sure it IS a 2005, but it has been giving me problems since I got it, now it IS worse. I don't believe it IS wear and tear I actually replaced the whole engine 4 years after I bought my car which IS ridiculous to begin with. if my car burns up while I am driving I will really make a stink..
Crank no start, after replaced new fuel pump, filter and other parts would not start and not getting fuel. Was in motion and died after making a right turn after filling fuel tank.
My gear shift broke which broke the steering column and I feel like this IS defaulted system so do ford because did continue this steering column so I had to replace it with one from junk yard so how IS that safe for me as a consumer well I filing this just in case it break again and my life IS in danger my car came outta of park like to tanned me over so I'm speaking up because this put my life in danger
Aluminum body panels are corroding underneath the paint, causing bubbling, flaking, and chipping of the paint. This IS not caused naturally, this IS a failure on the part of ford and their quality control. The aluminum underneath was contaminated from the factory with iron causing corrosion. While knowing about this problem, they failed to issue a recall.
TL* the contact owns a 2005 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the fuel cap and the tire sensor warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (capital ford of charlotte located at 5411 n tryon st, charlotte, nc 28213) where it was diagnosed that the tire sensor, the fuel cap and the windshield wiper blade needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the fuel cap warning light, failure occurred even after replacing the part. The manufacturer was not contacted and was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,368.
The paint IS peeling on the exterior and interior in large patches for no obvious reasons including rust or environmental factors like being close to salt water. The peeling paint IS primarily on the back hatch but also some paint bubbling IS occurring on a few other small spots on the vehicle. there IS also evidence of significant leaks of water into the body but no obvious points of entry.
Fuel pump driver module failed due to design flaw which caused galvanic corrosion. Aluminum body of component acts as the sacrificial anode for the frame which IS steel. This caused my vehicle to stall at 65mph and lose power and thus caused the loss of power steering and hydraulic brake booster while traveling a high rate of speed. This could be especially dangerous on highways, congested areas, or areas with pedestrians such as schools. I have also notified ford of this problem.
Vehicle vibrates badly especially at highway speeds. Vibration IS so bad, the vehicle rocks side-to-side while driving. driving at highway turnpike speed of 75mph, vehicle engine began to surge and then completely shut down. Oil pressure gauge indicated low oil pressure and vehicle would not start. Vehicle still had electrical function but engine no longer would turn over. Checked engine oil level and had engine oil. Called highway patrol and had to have the vehicle towed. *tr
Twice I've been driving and all of a sudden I lost power and "electronic throttle control" message came on. Accelerator would not work, coasted to the side of the road-- 2ND time in heavy traffic!! Both times I turned off engine and restarted ok, but I'm scared to death to drive with my children in the car. Driving straight on city street both times. *tr
TL* the contact owns a 2005 ford expedition. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle vibrated abnormally and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000. The vin was not available.
This car just numerous of problem..... Who ever built this car did not have a good job of doing it
My SUV was parked in parking lot of a store. Smoke started coming out from my vehicle. Then it started to catch on fire. Fire fighters said the fire started from the fuel injectors.
Takata recall. My ford expedition 2005, has been messing up for a while now. We've taken it to the mechanic way too many times. It starts shaking sometimes when we step on the gas after we stop at a stop light or stop sign, and going up a hill it feel a like it hesitates and feels as if it's pulling back. Yesterday was what started to concern me though. My vehicle just shut off on me completely while I was on the highway. My ford focus 2012 has been doing the same thing and it turns out it had a recall issue, so I was wondering if that's the case with my expedition.
Same as everyone else driving normally and truck completely shuts off 4 different times all differently I changed the fuel pump driver module had fuel tank dropped and changed fuel filter and pump I'm not going to lie I love my baby she's been good to me besides this I have 250,000 plus miles on her and counting and never faced probs till now I've recently this year (technically) rebuilt her motor and that's it . Also passanger over head lightstart have been acting funny some work some don't and ac in the 3RD row sometimes goes out or makes a clicking noise and heater don't work at all on the 2ND or 3RD row I am a single female with 3 young kids ID love to keep my baby running so please help and I've had one other prob one time on high way I had a fender bender I repeatedly stopped over n over on breaks and never managed to stop until I slammed into other driver in fronthe of me me and my kids were terrified and never thank god happened again but yep so please for the love of people's safety recall fix and apologize for the wrong harmful doing like big boys and pay up or you'll either lose precious innocent lives of ford customers or just lose customers in general have a heart fix yalls wrong and lets move on with this ford built tuff heck of a beautiful SUV and lets live life safe ty sorry for the caps not yelling just needing to stand out IS all texas IS where I'm at yall be safe ;)
I have an 05 expedition eddie bauer edition and the truck was shuddering and vibrating while on incline or driving. It also would hesitate upon acceleration. The next day the truck will only roll in reverse it will not drive forward and the "check electronic throttle control" message continues to pop up. Drove it and all of a sudden it wouldn't shift, and all gauges went flat, truck was still revving but gauges were at zero and the truck wouldn't move. I was going 60 mph. And it just stopped moving completely. Cannot drive the truck.
My engine said fail safe mode. My spark plugs got stuck in engine costing me 1000 to fix.
Was driving and experienced complete brake failure, no warning, went to stop and had no brakes what so ever! The brake line going to the passenger side front caliper had completely rusted away under the middle of the vehicle between the passenger side front tire and the ABS distribution box. I was always told that the brake systems were designed with a tandem master cylinder so that if an event like this happened you would still have 2 wheels that had brakes. This obviously IS not the case as there was a complete loss of all 4 brakes. Luckily I was only doing 25 mph and there was no traffic where I was when this happened, it took a ways to get the vehicle stopped by applying the parking brake. I don't want to even think what would happen if I was on the freeway doing 70 mph and had to stop in an emergency and this happened, I would probably be dead and possibly someone else also. This needs to be addressed asap. Peoples lives are at serious risk here. I cannot understand why these brake lines would not be made out of 318 stainless steel, they would never corrode and this would possibly save lives. I am totally convinced that people have died from this happening. This IS nothing new with fords! My mechanic told me that he sees ford vehicles all the time with rusted out brake lines and people that have experienced complete brake failure due to this.
My 2005 expedition IS maintained normally and spark plugs changed and the engine will either cut off or slow down to about 30 miles an hour while I am on the highway with a error message fail save mode. Most times when I shut off the engine and restart it turns over but doesn't stay on. Totally unsafe for me and my family. Please research and recall what the issue IS! This issue has started about 4 years after we purchased the vehicle and has been happening maybe one to two times a month since.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
Ford special service vehicle (ssv) expeditions use a steel full face wheel design similar to that investigated in pe03009, rq04007, ea04034 (crown victoria police interceptor) and pe03026 (gm pickups and suvs).a total of 8,251 ssvs (2.2% of total production) were produced within model years 2004-2006 and sold primarily for use by state, federal, and municipal law enforcement (LE) agencies.ford stipulates that the subject vehicles are not suitable for high speed or pursuit operations and also identified a 2004 national institute for justice vehicle evaluation report which also acknowledges this limitation. The full face wheel IS fabricated from two pieces: a stamped outer wheel disc and a formed rim.the two pieces, which together comprise the outer bead seat, are joined together with a circumferential weld.a cyclic bending moment occurs in the outer bead seat area as the wheel rotates, resulting in fatigue stresses in the weld's heat affected zone that can lead to fracturing (cracking) of the rim material.because the failure occurs under the outboard tire bead, air leakage may not readily occur when the rim cracks, dependent on how well the bead seals on the rim.if multiple cracks grow undetected and suddenly join into a single large crack, the wheel's structure can become compromised leading to rapid air loss.a rapid air loss, especially at higher speed, may lead to a crash. Ford responded to odi's january 5, 2009 information request (ir) on february 24.ford's response acknowledges a number of wheel fractures on the ssvs.however, based on its assessment of the pertinent factors, it concludes that the condition does not represent an unreasonable risk to safety.the lack of reports of rapid air loss, no alleged crashes, and their assessment that a cracked wheel can be detected through slow, repeated air loss or vibration, were the bases for ford's conclusion.ford discusses the results of a study it performed on wheels returned from LE field use, design revisions it made to the subject wheel, and the outcome of durability testing it conducted on the old and new wheel designs. The counts shown above include a duplicate odi and ford report; the ford counts are unique vehicles alleging wheel fracture(s).some warranty claims involved more than one wheel replacement.although the subject vehicles have been in service for a longer period of time than vehicles investigated in the previous investigations of two-piece wheel fracture, odi did not identify any allegations of crashes, rapid air loss events due to wheel fractures or allegations of effects on vehicle control or stability, as were the cases in past investigations where safety recalls were conducted to replace affected wheels.the agency agrees that the ssv IS not suitable for pursuit or high speed usage, reducing the potential for crashes or loss of control incidents to be caused by the alleged defect. Ford implemented a 'shot peening' process in june 2006 which reduced the wheel's surface stress and significantly improved its durability, and odi IS unaware of any failures of shot peened wheels (service part number 7l1z-1015-b).ford's testing showed a slightly reduced durability for the non-shot peened wheels when 'LT' instead of ford approved 'p' metric type tires are used. A safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation IS closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that a safety-related defect does not exist.the agency will take further action if warranted by further c
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